समाम्नाय

{ samāmnāyḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सम्- आम्नाय  m.  m. mention together, traditional collection, enumeration, list, [Nir.]; [Prāt.] &c.

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सम् आम्नाय

    handing down by tradition or from memory, [MBh.]
    collection or compilation of sacred texts ( esp. any special redaction of a vedic text), [ĀśvŚr.]
   the sacred texts in general, [BhP.]
सम्हार   the destruction of the world (= ), text' as the preceding">ib.
    totality, aggregate, [W.]
    epithet).">N. of शिव, [MBh.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

समाम्नायः [samāmnāyḥ]   1 traditional repetition or mention, handing down traditionally.
   A traditional collection (of words &c.); अश्व इति पशुसमाम्नाये पठ्यते [U.4.]
    tradition, repetition (in general).
    reading, recitation, enumeration.
    totality, an aggregate, a collection; अक्षरसमाम्नायम् [Śik.57] (i. e. the letters from अ to ह which are said to have been revealed by Śiva to Pāṇini); वाचं वर्णसमाम्नाये तमोङ्कारे स्वरे न्यसेत् [Bhāg. 7.15.53.]
   An epithet of Śiva.
   The sacred text ( like veda) in general; पुत्र्याः समाम्नायविधौ प्रतीतः [Bhāg. 3.22.16.]

Shabda-Sagara

समाम्नाय  m.  ( -यः)
   1. traditional repetition or mention.
   2. A traditional collection.
   3. revelation.
   4. enumeration, recitation.
   5. totality, the aggregate.
    E. सम् and आङ् before म्ना to remember, घञ् and युक् affs.

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सम् आङ् म्ना घञ् युक्